Once upon a time, <a href="http://www.studioweave.com/projects/freya-and-robin-kielder-art-and-architecture/" target="_blank">Freya and Robin</a> lived on opposite shores of a lake. Freya fell in love with Robin when she saw him from across the water and decided to build him a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/modern-morerava-eco-cabins-sit-lightly-on-easter-island/" target="_blank">cabin</a> to match his love of the woods. The sweet story was recreated in Kielder Water, Northumberland by Studio Weave, who built two beautiful prefab shelters for bikers and hikers inspired by Freya and Robin's cabins. As both characters were lovers of nature, the woods and flowers, the lakeside shelters are constructed of wood and designed to instill the same love of nature in visitors of the area.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

As the story goes, Freya and Robin lived on opposite sides of the lake and had never met.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

Robin lived on the north side of the lake and spent his days climbing trees and skipping about with the woodland animals, while Freya lived on the south and loved collecting flowers.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

Freya built Robin a beautiful cabin as a way to entice him across the shores to come and meet her, and meet her he eventually did.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

The two fell in love and went off in search of adventure, flowers and mountains.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

The two shelters by Studio Weave are inspired by the story. One shelter is a simple structure covered in wood shingles for Robin.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

The other is Freya's cabin, which she built for Robin and is in the image of what she imagined Robin’s woodland home to be like.

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Robin's Cabin overlooking the lake.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

Freya's cabin up on stilts.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

Layers of cut plywood sheets in the shape of tree silhouettes are sandwiched together and wrapped in "gold" or copper in this recreation as gold would have been too expensive.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

The copper pipes are meant to resemble flower stems.

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Robin's cabin under construction.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

Kielder Water, the lake where the shelters are built.

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Freya's cabin under construction.

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Freya and Robin Cabins

Once upon a time, Freya and Robin lived on opposite shores of a lake. Freya fell in love with Robin when she saw him from across the water and decided to build him a cabin to match his love of the woods. The sweet story was recreated in Kielder Water, Northumberland by Studio Weave, who built two beautiful prefab shelters for bikers and hikers inspired by Freya and Robin's cabins. As both characters were lovers of nature, the woods and flowers, the lakeside shelters are constructed of wood and designed to instill the same love of nature in visitors of the area.